A house in the 10500 block of Teakwood Way in Adelanto was badly damaged and one person was seriously injured by an explosion and fire on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials believe the home’s occupants were using butane to extract THC from marijuana. (Photo courtesy of San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department)

A house in the 10500 block of Teakwood Way in Adelanto was badly damaged and one person was seriously injured by an explosion and fire on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials believe the home’s occupants were using butane to extract THC from marijuana. (Photo courtesy of San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department)

A house in the 10500 block of Teakwood Way in Adelanto was badly damaged and one person was seriously injured by an explosion and fire on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials believe the home’s occupants were using butane to extract THC from marijuana. (Photo courtesy of San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department)

A house in the 10500 block of Teakwood Way in Adelanto was badly damaged and one person was seriously injured by an explosion and fire on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials believe the home’s occupants were using butane to extract THC from marijuana. (Photo courtesy of San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department)

An explosion Friday at an Adelanto house whose occupants were believed to be using butane to make concentrated cannabis products destroyed the building, severely burned one man and sent another to jail, San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials said Saturday.

Chance Jones, 25, suffered 2nd-degree burns and was taken to a trauma center, according to a sheriff’s statement that lists him as a suspect but does not specify whether authorities intend to arrest him after he recovers.

Clarence Jones, 27, was arrested on suspicion of manufacturing a controlled substance, jail records show. Bail was set at $500,000.

At 6 p.m. Friday, sheriff’s deputies and firefighters responded to an explosion and fire in the 10500 block of Teakwood Way in Adelanto, the sheriff’s release said.

Deputies called in the sheriff’s Marijuana Enforcement Team, which determined that butane was being used to extract concentrated THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. The end products of this extraction go by names such as honey oil and wax.

“The THC extraction process is extremely dangerous and has a high potential for explosion and fire,” the statement said. “This chemical extraction process is illegal and is a violation of California’s Health and Safety Code.”

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